Trade Show and GAM Reports

loading… The 22nd PI North America General Assembly Meeting is coming up at the end of September. I have not been to all of them – I missed one. If you are a PI North America member you should start (or continue) your own attendance streak. When I first attended back in 1994, I wanted…

loading… Here is a summary of Hannover Fair news: PROFIblog. The past six posts present my first-person view of the fair. PROFINEWS. You will find a more formal PROFI-centric report in the May PROFINEWS, the second through fourth articles. Phoenix Contact. For daily videos from Phoenix Contact visit here. Both the Tuesday and Thursday videos…

loading… Visiting PI North America members uncovered some unique products. Here they are in the order I stumbled upon them: HMS. In the OPC Foundation booth, our old friend Michael Volz showed me an HMS module that moves PROFINET data to OPC UA. Both protocols run on the same wire – a benefit made possible…

loading… The second session I attended in the Industrie 4.0 meets the Industrial Internet forum was by Armin Pühringer of Hilscher. I was attracted by the title, “From Sensor to Cloud – Device Integration and IT Infrastructure.” Knowing that Hilscher has introduced products for moving PROFINET data to the cloud and given PI’s cooperation with…

loading… The forum, Industrie 4.0 meets the Industrial Internet, ran frequent sessions throughout the week. I attended a couple of them: the opening panel and “From sensor to cloud – device integration and IT infrastructure.” The opening forum featured an introduction by an official from the German government, Dr. Johanna Wanka, Federal Minister for Education…

loading… The PI booth was once again the hub of PROFINET and PROFIBUS activity under the banner of “Backbone of Industrie 4.0.” Featured walls included PROFINET, process, PROFIsafe, IO-Link, and vision. The PI Lounge provided a venue for networking and refreshment. Many meetings – planned and ad hoc – took place. Some quick facts about…

loading… Events surrounding the show were tough this year between track maintenance on the main line, a transit strike in Hannover, and the security surrounding President Obama’s visit. Despite all that, the show itself was a success. By the numbers: 190,000 visitors, 5,000 from the USA 5,200 exhibitors, 58% from outside Germany, 525 from the…

loading… I’m just back from Hannover Fair, reflecting on the news therefrom.  In passing (literally), it was President Obama’s walk-by.  For us automation types though it was the continuing growth of all things PROFI. The independent auditor’s count of nodes installed during 2015 provides new totals.  While I and my PI colleagues get enamored of…